Published by Sherry Cooper, August 17, 2022 Macklem’s Op-Ed (emphasis is mine) NATIONAL POST COMMENT, AUGUST 16, 2022 Inflation in Canada has come down a little, but it remains far too high. After rising rapidly to reach 8.1 per cent in June, inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) was 7.6 per cent in […]

It was widely expected that US consumer price inflation would decelerate in July, reflecting the decline in energy prices that peaked in early June. The US CPI was unchanged last month following its 1.3% spike in June. This reduced the year-over-year inflation rate to 8.5% from a four-decade high of 9.1%. Oil prices have fallen […]

A Super-Sized Rate Hike, Signalling More To Come  The Governing Council of the Bank of Canada raised its target for the overnight policy rate by a full percentage point to 2-1/2%. The Bank is also continuing its policy of quantitative tightening (QT), reducing its holdings of Government of Canada bonds, which puts additional upward pressure on longer-term […]

Canadian Inflation Surged to 7.7% In May Canada’s consumer price index increased 7.7% in May from a year earlier, up from 6.8% in April, the fastest inflation pace since January 1983. The release confirms that the Bank of Canada is staring down the most dangerous burst of Inflation since it started targeting the consumer price index in […]

Canadian Labour Market Is Much Too Tight–Adds To Inflation Pressure Today’s Labour Market Survey for May 2022 showed that hiring continued at a rapid pace last month in an increasingly tight labour market, driving the jobless rate to another record low and fueling a sharp acceleration in wage gains. The economy added 39,000 jobs in […]

The Bank of Canada Hikes Rates Again By 50 bps. Another Jumbo Rate Hike, Signalling More To Come The Governing Council of the Bank of Canada raised the overnight policy rate by a full 50 basis points once again today, marking the third rate hike this year. The two back-to-back half-point increases are without precedent, […]

Out-Sized Jump In Bank of Canada Policy Rate. Bank of Canada Hikes Rates by 50 BPs, Signalling More To Come  The Governing Council of the Bank of Canada raised the overnight policy rate by a full 50 basis points for the first time in 22 years. This was a widely telegraphed action that will be […]

With prices rising all around (in Vernon we’re currently paying $1.839 per L) it makes you thankful you have investments in the market and own your home so you can feel any potential positive effects.  If you don’t own investments or your own home, perhaps its time! The following is from Dominion Lending Centre’s chief […]